Vikings Coach Bud Grant, Cowboys Coach Tom Landry & QB Roger Staubach comment on the Hail Mary play

This video is from a NFL HBO show in the 1980's. This game had some notables to mention: You see that orange circle above the 5 yard line there? That is an orange a fan threw on the field during the play. Shortly afterwards a referee got hit in the head with bottle a fan threw on the field. What is with Minnesota fans (the idiot ones of course) throwing stuff on the field? -Speaking of the field, both teams stood on the same side back then. Vikings QB Fran Tarkenton's' father passed away during the game. His fathers name was Dallas Tarkenton Sr. Drew Pearson has always said he wishes he did not throw the ball over the stands in celebration. It ended up in the parking lot, and as far as I understand, no one has ever come forward with it. I wonder what ever became of it. In January 1983, also in Minnesota, the Cowboys Tony Dorsett ran a record 99 yards for a TD (isn't that great that Dorsett has TD as initials?) for a famous play as well. At the time he did not realize it was a record, but he wishes also he would had kept that ball. NOTE to all NFL players: If you make a spectacular play, especially ones that are a TD, hang onto it a little longer. I know you are excited and may do things without thinking, but hang on to the ball just a little while longer, you may be glad you did. -Sports Illustrated had a cover shot of the game that next week. They mistakenly put the Cowboys Preston Pearson on the cover rather than Drew Pearson. Drew wrote about that in his book, "Hail Mary" The Cowboys were not supposed to win this game, as the Vikes had been the NFC Champion the previous 2 years. Dallas was not supposed to beat the Rams the following week, but they did and found themselves in Super Bowl X. The Vikings would return to the Super Bowl the next year in January 1977. Tom Landry always said 1975 was his most enjoyable year of coaching, with the "Dirty Dozen" rookies that year, they went farther than expected. -The Cowboys and Vikings during the 70's were the two big NFC powerhouses, they met in 1971, 1973, 1975 and in 1978. During that decade, one or the other went to the Super Bowl every year except 1973.